Cross for Royal Volunteers, Silver Cross

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SKU: 02.FRA.0128.101.01.000

Estimated market value:

$220-535 USD

  • Cross for Royal Volunteers, Silver Cross Obverse with Reverse Medallion

Estimated market value:

$220-535 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    France
  • Composition
    Silver/Enamelled
  • Inscription
    Obv: DIEU LE ROI LA PATRIE Rev: VOLONTAIRES ROYAUX 1815
  • Size
    21mm
  • Version Remarks
    The obverse inscription of this version translates to "God, the King, the Fatherland," and the reverse inscription translates to "Royal Volunteers."
  • Image Licensing
    This image/illustration is attributed to “Abbildungen zur chronic sämtlicher Ritter Orden und Ehrenzeichen Souveraine and Regerungen, Seiner Majestat dem Konige Von Presussen Freiderich Wilhelm IV gewidmet von H. Schulze, Lieutenant in der Landwehr Artillerie”, published in 1835 in Berlin. This image has been cropped. This resource is in the public domain in all countries where the copyright is the author’s term of life plus 70 years.

History


The Cross for Royal Volunteers was created in 1815 by Louis XVIII to recognize volunteers in the provinces who rallied together in order to restore the monarchy. It was later suppressed on February 10, 1831.

There was no official document specifying the design of the decoration, and as a result there is a great deal of variation (possibly up to 300 different versions).

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